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(...) Yes. (...) Despite of the "blay-desaster" it is still one of the best toys on market. (...) More products like the designer sets. More spare parts. More lines that last for more than 2 years. (As town and castle did in the 80ies) (...) Return (...) (20 years ago, 17-Apr-05, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.color)
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For anyone interested, I have all the Behr brand colors except yellow: Orange: 230B-7 Kumquat Red: S-G-180 Grenadine Green: S-G-440 Green Acres Blue: S-G-540 Song Bird (...) (20 years ago, 14-Apr-05, to lugnet.color)
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(...) Would you mind telling us what the color codes and brand of paint you got gtom Home Depot? Or the info someone would need to take to Home Depot to get the exact paint colors. Thanks, Ahui (20 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.color)
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Very nice! And bright! FYI, the primer you'll need when he's a teen and wants to repaint is called Kilz. Unless he wants to paint it all black... :-) James Wilson Dallas, TX (20 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.color)
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(...) We did something like that for my son's room too. We used blue (which is a Buzz Lightyear color) for the walls, and yellow, red and green were planned for the trim. We never got around to using the trim colors though, after my wife made those (...) (20 years ago, 13-Apr-05, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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Nah, I noticed the issue with ODG well before bley came on the scene. But the variations I have aren't severe enough to affect anything I've built yet (unlike the purple). (...) -- Tom Stangl *(URL) Visual FAQ home *(URL) Visual FAQ Home (20 years ago, 10-Apr-05, to lugnet.color)
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(...) Over the long term the colors most prone to yellowing (due to sunlight) are blue, gray and white. Of course with all the new Lego colors out, it will be interesting to see which new colors also have this tendency (obviously those that are (...) (20 years ago, 9-Apr-05, to lugnet.color)
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(...) Tons of factors can change the color of parts--either pre-forming, during forming, and post-forming of parts. To make better use of product, there's the application of "regrind". Regrind are parts that didn't form fully, or sprues/trees from a (...) (20 years ago, 8-Apr-05, to lugnet.color)
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(...) the (...) different (...) Oh yeah, I've always noticed that. (...) MOC (...) Indeed! I have quite a few bricks and plates like this, and I've been setting them all aside for a special project that I hope to attempt sometime in the near future. (...) (20 years ago, 8-Apr-05, to lugnet.color)
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(...) You can't believe the various shades of grey in my light grey tub--from the original space sets to the technic pieces from a few years back--all different shades of grey. I do know that with age comes discolouration, especially if you leave (...) (20 years ago, 8-Apr-05, to lugnet.color)
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Hey all, Just recently while working on a project I've lined up LOTS of those black arches from Star Wars #7201 Final Duel II and I noticed that there are several shades of black! Additionally, while rummaging through my drawer of large original (...) (20 years ago, 7-Apr-05, to lugnet.color)
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(...) (URL) 4337>? At first, I thought it was another mistake, but it's a real LEGO color (I (...) them as (...) says (...) in the (...) My guess would be that they decided to clear out a surplus of parts created for some Belville sets that didn't (...) (20 years ago, 3-Apr-05, to lugnet.color)
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(...) I noticed the same variance in the X-Pod click hinges. And what's the deal with the 1x1 clips in (URL)? At first, I thought it was another mistake, but it's a real LEGO color (I have some DUPLO parts in that shade). (URL) Bricklink> lists them (...) (20 years ago, 2-Apr-05, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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Hey all, Just got one of the new X-pods recently (the one that's purple and lime green), and several of the purple pieces bear the same discrepancy that was discussed to death when the Knight Bus first arrived. However, after first glance I noticed (...) (20 years ago, 2-Apr-05, to lugnet.color)
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Tom Stangl, VFAQman wrote: > If the company itself can't pick a single name for a color and stick > with it, what else can we trust them with? The problem is that this is a multilingula company where a large portion of the people in charge do not (...) (20 years ago, 21-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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(...) This is good news! Actually, this would have been an excellent reply to the requests for clarification in the discussion about the list. (...) Oh, come on. I'm not as stubborn as you think ;-) (...) Well, of course it's "colour" - It't not the (...) (20 years ago, 21-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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(...) I'm working with Dan from Peeron, colleagues and others to finalize the color chart namings. We should have that soon. The reasons for the delay are long, involved, and uninteresting. Rest assured, that internal communication on the subject (...) (20 years ago, 18-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Source? (...) According to the List of Lego colours at Peeron, No. 5 is "Brick Yellow". This is the only internal name I know. Is there an official source where they call the colour Nr. 5 "Beige"? (...) I think this whole tread started with (...) (20 years ago, 18-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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(...) That would indeed be very useful. I was among several people in the (URL) original> Universal Color thread asking for clarification of the list, which to my knowledge, has not yet been forthcoming. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (20 years ago, 18-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Boy, talking about communication issues... If the company itself can't pick a single name for a color and stick with it, what else can we trust them with? How someone can call "tan" "brick yellow" with a straight face, I just don't know. -- (...) (20 years ago, 18-Mar-05, to lugnet.color, lugnet.lego)
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